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Show f( 'i i ' I ' : )'' ' NEW YORK, Feb. 2. Aftr eatln j 10 cents' worth of candy, colored red, blue and green, and sold to all the children of the neighborhood at 10 cents a pound, the three stepchildren of Harry Thompson of No. 414 West I Fifty-second street, -were taken "with violent convulsions. Vivian, the eldest girl, aged 6, died In great agony yes- i terday afternoon, and the lives of her j brother Ralph, aged 5, and her three- I year-old sUter, Viola, are despaired of. Coroner Harbuncer was notified of ' the child's death by Dr. William Mac-Alpen, Mac-Alpen, who aald he thought arsenical J poisoning, cauwed by eating the candy. I -.- i . . . . , was responsible. An autopsy will be made today. Some of the candy which was not eaten was carried away by the Coroner, and he will take it to Columbia university for analysis. - "If any trace of poison is found In the child's organs or the candy is found to contain poisonous substances, I shall order the arrest of this dealer," said the Coroner. "His store is near a public school, and I learned that between 200 and 400 children visit his shop every day.' Ho admits . making the candy himself. The coloring matter he buys in sticks from a. wholesale candy manufacturer.' man-ufacturer.' He' has not the slightest idea what the ingredients are." |